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I must take a mental note not to read any philosophical book during three of the last months of year! When reports and deadlines occupied...

Thanks to Robert Fagles, I could at last really enjoy Homer’s The Iliad ! (this is a very-very late post—I finished the book on May, but ...

For me, Greek plays always have their own charms. Compared to Renaissance’s or any modern plays, I find Greek’s is more intense in emotio...

After reading Agamemnon , I was sure that Greek plays should be better enjoyed as performance than as book. I have read Sophocles’ Oedi...

Roman Lives is Plutarch’ depiction of eight of Roman great rulers: Cato the Elder, Aemillius Paulus, the Gracchi (Tiberius & Gaius G...

After delving into plays for a year last year, I thought another Shakespeare would have been enough for me this year. However, this parti...

Aesop is a slave and story-teller who was believed to live in ancient Greece around 620 to 560 BC. He collected many tales from diverse o...

After having to skip last month theme for Let’s Read Plays , I have been looking forward to read a Greek play. It’s been few years since...

This is my second Shakespearean tragedy after Julius Caesar, and while we are still entertained with wars—though not as flourish as Juli...

“ Beware the ides of March .” If only Julius Caesar had believed in this prophecy, Shakespeare might have never written this tragedy…...

This is the second part of Mahabharata, one of the longest epic mythology in the world, depicted a rivalry between two families: Pandava...

If you are familiar with Greek mythology, Iliad and Odyssey from Homer, Mahabharata is an Indian mythology which is ten times longer tha...